Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-02
I1 WELL BY THE GATE
s,.0 That Stakes the Thirst of the
~" .t.Staiued Traveller and the
Weary Artisan.
,-isou OF the Fountain OF the
te "DineI Of Christ AID a Foun.
V''' tain Of Water.
AGA Tskes the Responsibility of
o. ISn =, Person in His Audience
;S nss g,csped sinful Dtfiiement.
nn1RsT IN A CAVERN.

s'.sa .n y N. Y, Nov. 27.-This morn
H .be T.b=rnacle, after explaining
g .-,.te passages of Scripture, the
Z FpigIp'iD Ne Witt Talmsge, D. D , gave
~ toIIowing hymn, that WAS sung by
I. aggregation with great heartiness:
u led in sorrow and in sin e.
A. belPs dark door we lay;
1 DIT we arise by grace Divine,
m see a glorious day.
snhi CT of the sermon was "Thirst
II G,yarn;n and the text: "Oh that
SUUonId give me a drink of the water
o. ts vel vel of Bethlehem, which is by
:. 1.,,ein-2 Samuel XIII, Is
~, .lgays distressing, Is especially
n ars in harvest time. When the crops
rl ~ rp,dy for the sickle, to have them
y l'isen down by cavalry horses and
~ It's supply trains outlying the fields. is
la s.ab 70 make any mans heart sick.
G..S the lsst great wsr broke out in Eu-
and France and Germany were
q I'm. .ri INTO horrid collision, rode across
. s.-, Golden harvest, and saw the tents
. 1'- and the trenches dug in the very
Yr;sst Of the ripe fields, the long scythe OF
...gs sbsrpened to nov down hsrvests
.lmsn in great winrows OF the dead. It
est this season OF harvest that the
,,rg Of the Plilistines came down upon
a'-SIobem. Hsrk to the clamor of their
,oicss, the neighlDg Of their chargers, the
S,re Of their trumpete, and the clash of
esr shields!
Tet David and his men fall back! The
ro,dis host sometimes loses the day.
Vrt nsyid knew where to hide. He had
Sssp bIought up in that country
3Ts ore ipqulsitive, and they know all
,bout the region where they were born
,5t brought up II you should 60 back
n the old Homestead, you could, with
,our eyes shut, fiud your way to the
-s,iow. or the orchard, or the hill back
the house, with which you we're fsmi =,
Uthirty or forty years ago. S0DaVid
new the cave of Adulam. Perhaps, IN
h, boyhood days, he had played "hlde-
ud-seskn with his comrades all about
tbe old cave; and though 9th rs might
rct hsve known it, David did. Travellers
ST. there is only one way of getting into
5It csve, and that is by very narrow
ntb; but David Was stout, and steady
,ssded, and stesdy uerved; snd SO, With
bis three brave staff officers, he goes
slOBg that path, fods his way
INTO THE CAVE,
SIS down, looks around at the roof and
nedsrk passages Of the mountain, feels
very Wtary with the forceds march; and
Wter be must have, or ole. l do not
kuw but there may have been drops
rekIiDg down the side of the cavern, or
ia. there may have been some water in
he gOstskiD slung to hls gIrdle; but that
F;s not VIVA. he wanted. He wanted a
deep, full, cold drink, such as S man gets
only out Of al old we'll with moss covered
bucket. David remembered that very
lesT thst cave Of Adullan there was such
= well as that, well TO which he used to
g0iU bOyhOod-the we'll of Bethlehem;
and be almost imagines that he can hear
tie liquid plasn of that well, and his
psTched tongue moves through his hot
lips IS be says, "On, that one would give
ne triIk Of the water of the well of
Bethlehem, which is by the gste!"
was no sooner said than done. The
hree brave staff Ulcers bound to their
ieet and start. Brave soldiers will take
eTen hint from their commander. But
between them Snd the ", Ii lay the host of
lie Plilistines; and Whe could three
men DO with great army? Yet where
ssWill there Is 9 way, and, with their
sVsIds slsshing this way and that, they
l'Ae their way TO the we'll. They drop
.ae 0ucset-they bring up the water.
IaeY pour Il in the pail and then start.for
ne cave. "Stop themi" Cry the PILLS
,ne8 "Clip them with your swords!
'S,.op them with your spears! Stop tn .se
Niee meB!" Too late! They have got
around the hill. The hot rocks are
spisaed with the OVERLOOKING water from
.-5 vessel IS il is carried up the cliffs. The
-.,e men 20 along the dangerous psth,
a-u Win Cheeks flushed with the excite
-sllp and ell cut Of breath in their
.A''er hey ling Cleir swords, red with
-S sAlfnlsh, TO the side Of the cave, and
~ cut to David: "Tnere, Captain of
wen. W most, Is what you wanted-a drink
sste." '---~- o'--' VIM - y NV
~. a 'ext is OF no use to me unless I find
~ C-'sI IN 1t; and unless I can bring s Cos
~ Jul Of tlese words that will arouse
- comfort and bless, 1 shall wish I had
v T,,tl seen them; for your time would be
'-''eu' and against my soul
THE DARK RECORD
, 1.0Ia De made that this Gay I stood be-
49, CREST audience Of SHINING, suffering
10y 80 uNng mn, and told them Of no
Nv ,'.ue' By the cross Of the Son of Go f,
~. 4s throne Of the eternal judgment,
SeI, snail not be! NJ y the Lord Jesus
yo ~T 10 tell you the truth to-day!
sou ~ KNOW that carrier pigeons have
s r@1..ines LISTERS tied under the wing,
n Saey ny hundre of mlles-100 miles
S,ra .AOur-csrrying a message. So l
a, .aoOght would like to have it now.
n, .IeaVenly Dove! bring under thy wing
oa-S1!' 70 my soul and to the souls of this
T ,3ip NJ some message of light, and love,
s,,Sa = not an unusual thing to gee people
re- around q well in summer time.
gs weS SOanomsn puts down his cradle at
hs 81 ~ euro, The builder puts down
nsrt NE ", The traveller puts down his
~ Ia, Then one draws the water for all
cO1i SS., himself taking the very last. The
ai,s, passed sround, aud the fires of
Ii iore put out; the traveller starts on
h, inr r.1y and the workman takes up
G5S,,.iI' trends, We cone to-day around the
bcriSS.t" well. We put down our p.ck OF
a.n MS ana our implements of toll. Que
lave n'.s drsW the water for those who
tt ,5 stS'lered around the well. 1 will
si;er : /, IRA" the water to-day; snd if,
iovn,.,ee SVe poured out from this living
pysei 1'a Ior your soul, just taste of it
din you will not begrudge me s
Bs,SI.IL rom the water Of the well of
T5i.l which is bg the gate"
oi5 :. gospel We'll, like the well spoken
DsTS 1ext, is & well of Bethlehem.
Rsta~ nea known hundreds of wells o;
a -